Working through why Mark Giordano’s point totals have spiked over the past few days, I noticed something awfully interesting about Calgary’s PP1. As we all know, Calgary’s PP1 of Giordano with Johnny Gaudreau, Elias Lindholm, Matthew Tkachuk and Sean Monahan has been excellent this year. Twenty-one five-man units across the NHL have played at least 30 minutes together at 5-on-4. Calgary’s group is third in goal scoring, with 14.1 GF/60. It deserves some extra credit because it’s played more time together than any other group in the league; only two five-man groups have played at least 65 minutes together so far this year, and Calgary’s group leads the way with 89:40 together so far. It’s easier to have an outlandishly good performance in a small sample, so it’s awfully impressive that Calgary’s group is amongst the leaders with such a low threshold for time on ice.